modems
Signal translation boxes
Modems are devices that convert digital data to signals suitable for transmission over telephone lines or cable systems, and back again.
The word blends modulator-demodulator.
Early internet users connected via dial-up modems that made distinctive screeching handshake sounds.
Modern cable and DSL modems are faster and silent, often combined with routers in a single device.
Data transmission capacity
- dataFacts for analysis
- transmissionSending of information
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- broadbandFast internet access
cable · fiber-optic · satellite · wireless · dial-up · upload · download · speed
bandwidth
Data transmission capacity
- dataFacts for analysis
- transmissionSending of information
- internetInterconnected computer systems
broadband · cable · fiber-optic · satellite · wireless · dial-up · upload · download · speed · latency
router
Packet-forwarding network device
- gatewayPoint of access
- transceiverDual-function communication device
- interfaceShared connection point
ethernet · port · chipset · antenna · LED · firmware · coaxial · RJ-45 · splitter · filter
router
Packet-forwarding network device
gateway · repeater · firewall · LAN · WAN · node · topology · configuration · DHCP · NAT
- networksnetwork traffic, network security, MAN, PAN, cloud computing
- networkingrouter, routers, LAN, WAN, switches
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- technologyelectronics, computing, computer, internet, social media
- tech industrysoftware, computers, semiconductors, hardware, Amazon
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- wireless modemCableless internet connectivity device
- cable modemCoaxial internet converter
- dial-up modemsPhone-based internet hardware
- 56k modemTelephone-based internet hardware
- broadband modemHigh-speed internet interface
- fax modemDevice transmitting documents telephonically